Shahbagh Protest

JCD ends Shahbagh sit-in after 7 hours

Nothing has changed in nine months, just delays disguised as reform, says Chhatra Dal president

Teacher candidates beaten up again

Police have charged batons and used water canons at assistant teachers selected for government primary schools whose appointment was scrapped by the High Court. The law enforcers resorted to the action after the job seekers blocked Shahbagh Intersection to protest. The protesters were also beaten up on Friday and Monday.

MATS students take to the street

Students of the Medical Assistants Training School, or MATS, staged a demonstration blocking a road in Dhaka’s Shahbagh intersection with a four-point charter of demand, including immediate recruitment in the 10th grade and the creation of new positions in the government and private sectors.

Postgraduate trainee doctors block Dhaka’s Shahbagh intersection

Postgraduate trainee doctors have resumed a work stoppage to demand a doubling of their monthly allowance from Tk 25,000 to Tk 50,000. They took out a protest at Dhaka’s Shahbagh intersection on Sunday, Dec 22, 2024.

Protest at Shahbagh after attack on hill people

A group gathered at Dhaka’s Shahbagh intersection for a demonstration protesting ‘attacks’ on ethnic minorities from hill communities in Khagrachhari. The protesters initially gathered at the Raju Sculpture in the morning before marching to Shahbagh.

Shahbagh protesters baton-charged

Shahbagh, it is time to get political

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